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Pushing Towards Powerlifting
The gym has been a place to challenge myself during times of transition and transformation in my life. For instance, right now it’s where I go to get energized for that day’s challenges as an entrepreneur. Our current workout schedule involves Josh Best and I meeting up at 5:30 am a few days during the week and [...]
Optimize Your Core Network
Chris’ most recent post discussed the different layers of our network and how we should surround ourselves with awesome people. I think this is great advice – get rid of people in your network who aren’t adding value in your life and find people that you think are awesome and can learn from. However, what if [...]
Who Is Your Network?
Once upon a time, I worked in gigs related to disrupting the bad guys. One aspect of that work was to detect and analyze social networks, from which we’d construct recommendations on how to best monitor, interrupt, infiltrate or otherwise steer the bad guys in a direction of our choosing. Sometimes those actions resulted in the bad [...]
One Degree
Every time I read it, the tortoise wins. - Dave Ramsey Most people want something more in life — they have a dream they are pursuing or something they desire to change about themselves as illustrated in this post. The black path is your reality, where you are today. The yellow path is the path represents your [...]
Do The Little Bit
It’s 5:25 PM, Tuesday, June 4, 2013. I started drafting this post Sunday evening for just a little bit. One small step towards making Awesome is Possible better for you. Why – we have to take advantage of free moments in the 650,000 hours or so we have. Where does that little bit show up in my [...]
Big Dream. Big Whoop.
You’ve just finished dreaming as big as you can and have dared yourself to do the impossible. A big deal to you on which you may start small since dreams may take a while to become reality. Now what? That’s this week’s theme – practical next steps for chasing your dream. We’ll start today with talking about how to mitigate one risk of [...]
Luke and Molly – Performing Artists
It’s not bad, it’s just not done yet. – Molly Nicklin This is not going the way I meant it to be. – Luke Armstrong Introduction By day, Luke Armstrong runs a web development company, RenMind, and Molly Nicklin manages sponsor memberships at Omaha Public Radio, KIOS 91.5 FM. By night, this dynamic domestic partner duo operate an art studio in Omaha’s Benson neighborhood. [...]
Dream BIG, Start small
This week is all about dreaming big. I’ve had different big dreams in my life before… Get a bachelors degree Compete in a powerlifting competition Compete in a bodybuilding competition Become a father Get a great job As I started writing this post, I realized I didn’t have a current big dream. My next dream. So, I started [...]
Your Dream. Your Bump.
Matt Might illustrates how challenging it is to get a PhD & that each of us only makes a small contribution. Specifically, any one dissertation expands our body of knowledge by a small bump. My little bump of a dissertation describes how Google could rank web pages more efficiently. One big step ending a 20-year journey that began when mom showed me [...]
Dream As BIG As You Can
Today is my birthday. I’m 42. That whimsical response to “The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything“ in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Which means I’m reflecting on the first half of my life & dreaming about what to do with the second half. Yes, I have dreams for my [...]
